McAfee Anti-Malware Engine 6000 and VirusScan Command Line 6.1.2 RC

McAfee 6000 Anti-Malware Engine RC

McAfee is pleased to announce RC for the McAfee 6000 Anti-Malware Engine. The 6000 Engine will replace the current 5900 Anti-Malware Engine.

The McAfee Anti-Malware Engine is the core component at the heart of the award-winning McAfee Endpoint and Gateway products. Using patented technology, the Engine analyzes potentially malicious code to detect and block Trojans, viruses, worms, adware, spyware, and other threats.

We encourage you to actively participate in this RC program and provide us your valuable feedback.

VirusScan Command Line 6.1.2 RC

VirusScan Command Line RC version 6.1.2 will replace the current VSCL 6.1.0.

This release of VirusScan Command Line includes several bug fixes as well as the new Engine 6000 RC.

We encourage you to participate in this RC program and provide us your valuable feedback.

New Features

Enhanced support for JavaScript , including stabilization and performance improvements

Instructions for ENS customers to evaluate the 6000 Engine RC

In the Server name (URL) field, ensure that DNS Name is selected as the default and enter “betaupdate.mcafee.com”, with default port 80, and click Next.

Continue clicking Next until the last screen, then click Save.

Click Enable Fallback, then click Save.

Select Menu | Automation | Server Tasks.

Select Update Master Repository task and click Edit.

Click Next to navigate to the Action tab, then click +.

In the New Action section, select Repository Pull.

Select the AMCore Beta Content as the Source site, Evaluation for Branch (if ENS 10.2.x or 10.5.x products are being managed by same ePO server and the current production AMCore content is being pulled into the current branch), and click Save.

Select the Update Master Repository task and click Run.

To change the McAfee Agent policy to pull from the Evaluation branch:

In McAfee ePO, edit the McAfee Agent General policy assigned to the endpoints you are using for beta testing.

Click the Updates tab.

Select Evaluation from the AMCore Content Package drop-down list, then save the policy.